Sanitary cover for flesh-contact implements.



. G. H. GOATES. SANITARY COVER FOR FLESH con-new IMPLEMENTS.

APPLIUATIOK FILED JAN. 6, 1908.

Paltented Ju1 '26,1910.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFTGE.

GEORGE H. C'OATES, OF WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS.

SANITARY COVER FOR FLESH-CONTACT IMPLEMENTS.

To all whom it may concern:

Be itknown that I, GEORGE H. CoA'rEs, a citizen of; the United States,residing at Worcester, in the county of Worcester and Commonwealth ofMassachusetts, have invented a new and useful Improvement in SanitaryCovers for F lesh-Contact Implements, of which the following is aspecifica' tion, accompanied by drawings forming a part of the same, inwhich' Figure 1 is a side view of amassage brush provided with mysanitary cover. Fig. 2 is adetached side View of my sanitary cover asapplied to a massage brush. Fig. 3 is a side view of a massage brush towhich the cover shown in Fig. 2, may be applied. Fig. 4 is a centralverticalzsectional view of a massage brush and sanitary cover, on line44, Fig. 5, and Fig. 5 is a top view of the sanitarycover and brushasshown in Fig. 1. Fig. 6 is a side view, partly in section, of a fleshbrush provided with a modified form ofmy improved cover.

Similar reference letters and'figures refer to similar parts in thedifferent views.

My invention relates to a cover constructed of rubber or other flexiblematerial designed to be applied to flesh brushes, or other instrumentswhich are used by barbers or others in direct contact with the flesh,and it is arranged to be renewed on the brush or other instrumentwhenever desired, thereby insuring on the brush a clean contactingsurface, and preventing the transmission of disease by the brush, and itconsists in the construction and arrangement of parts as hereinafterdescribed and pointed out in the annexed claims.

I have shown in Figs. 1 to 5 inclusive, my sanitary cover applied to thevibratory brush or applicator of a massage implement, through which avibratory movement is applied directly to the flesh, but it is equallyapplicable to so called flesh brushes and other similar instruments inwhich a portion of their surfaces is raised and designed to contactdirectly with the flesh.

Referring to the accompanying drawings 1 denotes the base of a massagebrush or applicator which is provided with a screw threaded extension 2,attached to the base 1 by a plate 3, as shown in Fig. 4. The extension 2is designed to be inserted in a socket in an electrical or other massageinstrument, from which the massage brush or Specification of LettersPatent.

Application filed January 6, 1908.

Patented July 26, 1910. Serial No. 409,539.

applicator receives a vibratory movement as is common in massageinstruments. As the method of imparting movement to the applicator isnot material to my invention, it has not been shown in the drawings. Thebase 1 is provided on the planesurface 4 opposite to the extension 2,with a number of projections'5, shown in Fig. 3, the tips 6 of which aredesigned to be held in contact with the face or other portion of thebody to be massaged in the operation of the instrument. The projections5 are commonly constructed of rubber or some other. yielding and elasticmaterial, but the material, shape, or method of construction of theprojections 5 is foreign to my invention.

I provide a cover 7, preferably made from a single piece of rubber orsimilar material, with a base 8 arranged to contact. with theplane-surface 4 of the base 1, and provided with an individual gloveflnger 9 for each projection 5. The base 8 I stiffen in any convenientway, in the present instance by a disk 10 of relatively non-yieldingmaterial, such as cardboard, but any method of retaining the base 8extended, would be within my invention. This stiffening disk 10 also bykeeping the cover extended, holds each glove finger in contact with itsprojections 5, and assists the elastic action of the rubber cover inholding the cover in position upon the massage brush. I also provideregistering means for the cover 7 so that the proper position upon thebrush may be readily determined in applying the cover to the brush. Inthe present instance, this is accomplished by arranging the projections5 of the applicator in a regular design, comprising radial lines 11, asshown in Fig. 5, so that when the glove fingers 9 which make up one ofthe radial lines of the cover are placed in registration with any of theradial lines of the brush, all the fingers 9 are in position to coverthe corresponding projections 5 upon the brush. Other means ofaccomplishing this result, however, would come within the scope of myinvention.

Variations in the shape or arrangement of the brush, or of theprojections, would of course require similar variations in the cover.

I have found that the addition of a flexible covering to the projectionsof the massage brush affords a much superior contacting surface, asidefrom its sanitary advantages, increasing its flexibility and adding tothe pleasure and advantages derived from the application of the brush.

In the use of my cover as applied to a massage brush or applicator, theoperator is supposed to place upon the brush a fresh cover with everychange of subject, thereby insuring that each person to whom the brushis applied, shall be certain that the contacting surface is clean andpreventing the transmission of dirt or germs by the use of the brush.

Fig. 6 shows a modified form of my sanitary cover applied to a handflesh brush. In Fig. 6, a denotes the base of the brush which may beconstructed of any suitable material; I) is a groove surrounding theface 0 of the brush, in which the rim (Z of a disk 6, constructed ofrubber or other yielding and elastic material, is designed to beinserted. As the diameter of the face c'is greater than that of the rim(Z it is evident that the elasticity of the material will hold the rim(Z within the groove 6. The cover is provided with projections f on thedisk 0 and it is my purpose in using this form of cover to construct acover having a contacting surface provided with the desired form ofprojections, which cover may be removed or applied, for the purposesabove described, to an implement having a plane face.

I claim,

1. A sanitary cover for a flesh contact implement having portions of itsface raised, comprising a base plate, stiffening means for holding saidbase plate extendedin order to contact with the face of said implement,and individual covers attached to said base plate for said raisedportions.

2. A sanitary cover for a flesh contact implement, comprising astiffened base plate provided with a number of openings, elastic glovefingers communicating with said openings and attached to said baseplate.

3. A sanitary cover for a flesh contact implement, said implement havinga plane surface with raised portions, comprising a base plate having anindividual cover for each raised portion, and means for registering saidbase plate on said plane surface to bring each individual cover intocontact with the corresponding raised portion.

4. A sanitary cover for a flesh contact implement, said implement havinga plane surface with raised portions, comprising a base plate, means forholding said base plate extended in order to contact with said planesurface, and individual covers attached to said base plate correspondingto said raised portions.

5. A sanitary cover for a flesh contact implement, said implement havinga plane surface, said cover comprising a base plate, means for holdingsaid base plate extended in order to contact with said plane surface,

and elastic fingers attached to said base plate.

GEORGE H. COATES. \Vitnesses:

PENELOPE CoMBEnBAoH, HENRY "Woon FOWLER.

